Talking Torture with John Kline’s Mail Slot

Blogger Lakeville Dad joined a small protest today outside of Second District Republican Congressman John Kline’s local congressional office.  The protest was a reponse for Kline’s co-sponsorship of the “Bush-backed detainee bill.”

Rather than being poorly received, it appears the protest wasn’t received at all.

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The door was locked. One of our group stooped down and looked in the mail slot and could see the legs of a woman who was standing off to the side. We knocked several more times, called through the closed door and the mail slot that we were constituents from Burnsville, Apple Valley and Lakeville who only wanted to drop off a letter and talk to a staff member about the issue.

The building’s leasing manager came and told us it was private property and to leave. By this point it was really funny as we knew people were in there, but they were pretending they weren’t there.

The blogger managed to talk to some members of the campaign staff, which is located in the same building, and had a “polite but non-productive chat,” before returning upstairs for one last attempt.

So the three of us remaining decided to check the Congressional office one more time before leaving the building, and so we climbed back up the flight of stairs. The door was still locked, but this time a piece of cardboard had been taped over the mail slot from the inside.

Mark that protest as being returned to sender.